Free Download, Kay Boyle and the Fall Tour

Free Download, Kay Boyle and the Fall Tour

Hey Everybody I hope things are going well and you’ve all had a great summer.

I just wanted to let you know that FOR A LIMITED TIME you can download a FREE PDF of the first 4 chapters of my Book, The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide. Go to http://www.angryfilmmaker.com/ and find "Click Here" on the right hand side ABOVE the Book Cover. 

Please tell your friends.

If you want to buy a PDF Version of the entire book for a mere $10 then go to http://www.angryfilmmaker.com/cool-crap-to-own/downloads/ and click on the cart BELOW the book description.  I don’t know how long I am going to run this special so I would grab it while you can…

Kay Boyle

The Kay Boyle Film fundraising is going great! I am over half way to my goal of $6000.  Go to http://www.angryfilmmaker.com/dangerous-kay-boyle/ You can click on Kay Boyle on the menu bar and read more about this amazing woman.  Please Donate.  Any amount helps.

The Fall Tour

I am hard at work booking the Fall Tour.  It starts on September 9th in Washington DC at the DC Shorts Film Festival.  I will be posting my itinerary on my website and Face Book as it comes together. 

From October 8th to November 9th I will be joined on the tour by Jon Gann and his dog Pilot.  Jon is a terrific Filmmaker, the Founder of the DC Film Alliance & the Creator of DC Shorts, an amazing film festival.  Jon will be talking about film festival strategies as well as filmmaking, distribution and whatever else comes to mind.  To find out more about Jon Gann go to http://www.angryfilmmaker.com/tours-workshops/biography-of-jonathan-gann/ or you can Google him.

Contact me (kbaker@angryfilmmaker.com) and invite Jon, Pilot and I to your college, university, film festival, media art center, or your house for dinner.

I am booking now so don’t delay.

Take care.

Kelley

The Fall Tour featuring Jon Gann

The Fall Tour featuring Jon Gann

I am booking my Fall Tour as we speak.  Once again I will be teaching my six workshops, The New Model of Independent Filmmaking, Making the Extreme No Budget Film, Now That Your Film Has Been Rejected… Self Distribution, Sound Design on Independent Features, Pre-Production on Extreme Low Budget Features, & Learn Your Craft!  Making Short Films. 

I am also promoting my book The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide: Making the Extreme No Budget Film.  I am hard at work on the next book and will have it ready for Christmas.

The Tour starts on September 9th in Washington, DC at the DC Shorts Film Festival.  From there I will slowly make my way around the country.

Big News…

After my appearance at Script DC Oct 15-17th I will be joined for the last month of the tour by Jon Gann.

Who is Jon Gann?

Jon Gann is the founder of the DC Film Alliance, a non-profit group supporting Washington, DC’s film and video community, and the creator of the DC Shorts Film Festival; now in its seventh year, the event attracts national and international filmmakers, and has become one of the country’s premier short film showcases.  As a filmmaker, Jon’s notable past projects include: “Cyberslut,” the first gay-themed short film to screen at over 50 festivals and broadcasts worldwide; “Signs,” a national 48 Hour Film Project award winner, and “Offline,” a modern dating parable.

Jon’s new venture, Reel Plan, consults with filmmakers on the festival circuit.  His “festival tips” blog is read by hundreds of filmmakers every week, and through his work, has bridged the communication gap between competing film festivals, so all can share film information, sponsor strategies and filmmaker data.

Jon will be doing workshops on Film Festival Strategies and he and I will also be joining forces discussing Independent Distribution.  (Check out http://reelplan.com/, http://www.dcshorts.com/, or just Google him!)

I have known Jon for years and found him to be one of the most knowledgeable filmmakers especially when it comes to questions about film festivals and distribution.

This is going to be fun.

Drop me a note at kbaker@angryfilmmaker.com and let’s see if we can come by your media art center, university, school or film festival. 

You will learn a lot and have a great time!

Later.

Kelley

Fall Tour/New Book/New Workshop

Hey Everybody,

It’s that time of year again. It’s cold and rainy and I feel like I haven’t seen the sun in months. Yes, it’s June in Oregon.

And we all know what June in Oregon means. It’s time to dream of better weather, vast stretches of open highway, huge gas bills and the Fall Tour. Yep, I can’t believe it either, but I am going to be hitting the road in September in the face of high gas prices and the Presidential campaign.

My first stop will be at the DC Shorts Film Festival the weekend of September 13^th. I will be on the East Coast for about 2 weeks before I slowly start making my way west.

The Fall Tour is going to be a big one! In addition to showing my movies and teaching work shops I am going to be promoting my new book, The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide: Making The Extreme Low Budget Film. The book should be ready later this summer.

"Angry or not, Kelley Baker knows his stuff, and he tells it all in this book that's part indie film war story, part instructional manual for true independents, and part furious rant. It's always entertaining, and it might just tick you off, but – most important – the advice contained within these pages will help you get your film made. Anyone reading this book can tell Baker truly wants to help passionate wannabe filmmakers realize their creative visions without going bankrupt or making the kinds of mistakes they can't afford to make."

Chris Hansen, writer and director of “The Proper Care and Feeding of an American Messiah.”

I have also added a new work shop.

Pre-Production on Extreme Low Budget Features, is a 3 hour work shop where Kelley Baker will walk you through the ins and outs of everything you need to do before you get to the set. From casting, staged readings and actor rehearsals, to script break downs and securing lots of free stuff, Kelley has seen and done it all. How do you know if you've hired the right crew? What kind of insurance should you have, and how much? What happens if one of your locations falls through at the last minute? Do you have location releases, talent releases? Who gets a certificate of insurance? How long should Pre-production even last? “I believe that your movie is made before you ever step on the set. If you get Pre-production right then the rest of your schedule should go smooth, and when it doesn't you need to know what to do to get it back on track.”

So contact me (angryfilminfo@aol.com) if you’re interested in booking me on the Fall Tour, or if you want to chip in for gas. Moses and I will are looking forward to seeing all of our friends again.

Other stuff…

I have a new page on my site (www.angryfilmmaker.com), called The AF Speaks. If you have ever wondered why they call me the Angry Filmmaker I’ll tell you about it. The page contains short video interview clips which will be updated every other week.

I’ve also added another clip to Odds & Ends

Don’t forget to check out the work books. Bowling Green State University just purchased multiple sets for their film classes, shouldn’t you?

Talk later.

Kelley